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Groundwork is progressing on the UK’s first carbon capture facility at Heidelberg Materials UK’s Padeswood site.  The Padeswood carbon capture and storage (CCS) facility, in north Wales, is designed to capture around 95 per cent of the carbon emissions from the existing cement works, around 800,000 tonnes a year once running …

Building materials supplier Heidelberg Materials UK has agreed planning conditions with Somerset Council to reopen Westdown quarry, near Frome. The 160 million tonne limestone quarry  has been dormant since the late 1980s. Site preparations are now set to get underway this autumn ahead of Westdown quarry’s scheduled reopening in the …

Heidelberg Materials UK has reached the next milestone in its plans to build the UK’s first carbon capture facility at its cement works at Padeswood in north Wales. The manufacturer has signed an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Worley, following the successful completion …